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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL

December 22, 2004Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 22, 2004, 5:14 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2004, 5:14 PM CST (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2004, 6:15 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 222314
TORMOB
FLC091-230015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
512 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 511 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THE GULF 
  OF MEXICO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARY ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT      
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FORT WALTON BEACH...MARY ESTHER AND OCEAN CITY BY 540 PM CST
  DESTIN AND LAKE LORRAINE BY 545 PM CST
  POSTIL AND VALPARAISO BY 600 PM CST
  NICEVILLE AND SEMINOLE BY 605 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

LAT...LON 3022 8677 3015 8666 3046 8637 3061 8658

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.